ATLANTA – Cooper Piano… one of Georgia’s largest and oldest piano stores, has pulled off a hat trick of national honors after its selection for the third consecutive year as Atlanta’s best piano store by the New York City-based U.S. Commerce Association.
Moreover, Cooper Piano is one of just eight piano dealers in the United States to earn the coveted Number One Performance Award from the Keyboard Insights Group, a national music researcher organization that recognizes the top U.S. music keyboard retailers.
The USCA honor …called the 2011 Best of Atlanta Award … was presented in the piano category and recognizes companies that have “achieved exceptional marketing success in their community and business category.” It also honors local companies that “enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community.”
Cooper Piano continues to be recognized for excellent performance in community service, education and marketing, and its Music and Wellness Program, particularly, has earned high praise on the local, state and national levels.
The USCA, funded by businesses across the nation, was created to recognize the best of local businesses, and works exclusively with business owners, trade groups, professional associations, chambers of commerce from coast to coast.
Cooper Piano is a fourth-generation, family-owned music business founded in 1906 in Pennysylvania by Jonathan Cooper. It relocated to Atlanta in 1976, and has a 10,000 square foot store at 1610 Northeast Expressway.
Cooper Piano is Georgia’s exclusive dealer for handmade and manufactured pianos by Baldwin, Mason & Hamlin, Petrof, Wm Knabe, Yamaha, Kohler & Campbell and Cable-Nelson. It also sells digital pianos by Yamaha and Casio, as well as vintage Hammond B3 gospel church organs. Cooper also has extensive rental and leasing plans, and has partnered with the Peggy Still School of Music to offer a comprehensive program of music lessons.
Cooper’s store also is home to Liberty Theatre, a recital hall where world-renowned concert artists perform, and is available for various community entertainment programs.